Group therapy for cancer patients
Subtitle: a research-based handbook of psychosocial care
By: David Spiegel, Catherine Classen
Contributors: Classen, Catherine, 1955-
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
Subjects: Cancer -- Psychological aspects; Group psychotherapy; Cancer -- Patients -- Mental health
Description: "Psychiatrist David Spiegel was the first to demonstrate that group support for cancer patients results in significantly enhanced survival times and in measurably greater quality of life - less anxiety, less depression and half as much pain.

His landmark research was initially published in The Lancet and later featured on Bill Moyers' PBS series Healing and the Mind; now, with psychologist Catherine Classen, he articulates the principles of conducting supportive-expressive group treatment with the medically ill.".

"Their book is rooted in the empirically validated conviction that meaningful social support is a vital link between medical care and disease outcome. It is at once a model, a manual for clinicians at every level and a celebration of a kind of helping that actually helps."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index